Homes of the London Poor
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- Author: Octavia Hill
- Date Published: December 2010
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108024556
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Octavia Hill (1838–1912) is today best remembered as one of the founders of the National Trust. However, her involvement in education and social reform, and particularly housing, was a large part of her work. Shocked at the poverty and overcrowding she found in London slums, she began to acquire and improve properties which would restore the tenants' dignity and self-respect. She organised a team of volunteer 'district visitors' to help the residents, and especially children, to achieve a better quality of life, including recreational amenities. These articles, dating from 1866 to 1875, show the development of her thinking on how to achieve reforms by a mixture of legislation and charity. As the number of properties and helpers grew considerably, she argued that the personal involvement of volunteers achieved more than a larger bureaucracy could. Her work, which was internationally recognised, led to the development of housing associations.
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- Date Published: December 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108024556
- length: 224 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.29kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Cottage property in London
2. Four years' management of a London court
3. Landlords and tenants in London
4. The work of volunteers in the organisation of charity
5. Co-operation of volunteers and poor-law officials
6. Why the Artisans Dwellings Bill was wanted
7. Space for the people.
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